I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask this, sorry.

Right now I don't want kids at all. Big big no no. Too many problems and too much going on.

BUT JUST IN CASE I change my mind, what is more of a mature age to get into a serious age to try and get into a relationship to try and have a baby...err...get the girlfriend pregnant I should say. LOL!

How about when you are married, financially and emotionally stable, and you know it's what you want?

I can agree with 'when you know what you want', but seriously, if we all waited until we were completely financial stable, none of us would have kids. I say when you are mind set on taking on the duty, it is more than just a full time job, its a: when your sick it doesnt matter, if your leg is broken it doesnt matter, you are the parent, that never stops - even after they turn 18. :)

I can agree with 'when you know what you want', but seriously, if we all waited until we were completely financial stable, none of us would have kids.

It's really too bad that that can't happen with a lot of people because of poverty and low income jobs - especially with how minimum wage is so hard to live on with more than one person, yet only having one person bringing home income. I was like that for a while - just me though living in an appartment that wasn't anything special, but I still lived through it. :)

It's just many people don't understand how much of a responsibility and how much time, cost, and effort it takes into having a kid - and that's a lot to do with why I don't want kids right now. I can't afford it, I start college soon - and just that's a lot itself.

It's true that almost noone would ever have kids. But it's really important for people to not have kids when they don't even haven jobs. Which is unfortunately common.

Agreed! Also, I read that minimum wage should be going up soon, I hope that helps some when done. There is a 16yr old @ my local grocery store that would love to adopt someone close to her (parents are bad), but since she is 16 and w/o the funds, she cant. I told her if that little one can hang in until shes 18, save her pennies from working and to what needs done. So many children suffer for the lack of good choices parents make - really irks me. :mad:

Increases in minimum wage have never helped in my experience. Property owners, store owners, everyone just increase their prices to accomodate the "higher" pay.

I think a better tactic would be to decrease the amount of taxes taken from the minimum wage brackets.

I have noticed sometimes that children end up pushing people to grow up, sometimes even the ones you think never would. :)

The ones that don't grow up often force their children to grow up too fast. That is too common. I see more people not change than actually change anymore. Or the "grow up" is only temporary. A year, maybe two, then "I'm just not ready".

You'll know when you are ready to bring a new life in to your family. The real question you need to ask yourself, is how to effectively prevent it from happening BEFORE you are ready... lol